{"id":84868,"date":"2025-09-17T20:09:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/network.napco.com\/total-retail\/?post_type=video&#038;p=84868"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:15:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:15:32","slug":"tory-bartlett-ceo-popup-bagels-total-retail-tech-2025","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.mytotalretail.com\/video\/total-retail-tech\/tory-bartlett-ceo-popup-bagels-total-retail-tech-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Tory Bartlett, CEO, PopUp Bagels | Total Retail Tech 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This video features a discussion with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tory-bartlett-mba-586897a\/\">Tory Bartlett<\/a>, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popupbagels.com\/\">PopUp Bagels<\/a>, titled &#8220;Grip, Rip, and Scale: How PopUp Bagels is Redefining Franchising and the Future of Food&#8221; from <a href=\"https:\/\/tech.mytotalretail.com\/\">Total Retail Tech<\/a> in Atlanta last week. Bartlett was interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lauri-kien-kotcher-836306a\/\">Lauri Kien Kotcher<\/a>, former CEO of Hello Products, The Shade Store, and quip.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a backyard side hustle during the pandemic has exploded into one of the fastest-growing, most buzzed-about franchise brands in America. During the fireside chat, Bartlett discusses how PopUp Bagels went from local cult favorite to national phenomenon &#8212; scaling to 300 franchise locations with just a handful of elite operators. From ditching traditional formats (no toasters, no sandwiches, no apologies) to building a digital-savvy, experience-first model that&#8217;s winning over Gen Z and Gen Alpha, Bartlett unpack the rituals, strategies and operational choices that have made PopUp Bagels not just famous, but known. 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